Victorian Consolidated Regulations

LEGAL PRACTICE (ADMISSION) RULES 1999 - NOTES

S.R. No. 144/1999
Version incorporating amendments as at 14 March 2008

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1. General Information
The Legal Practice (Admission) Rules 1999, S.R. No. 144/1999 were made on 17 December 1999 by the Council of Legal Education under section 337 of the Legal Practice Act 1996, No. 35/1996 and came into operation on 1 January 2000: rule 1.03.
Despite the repeal of the Legal Practice Act 1996, these Rules continue in force as if made under the Legal Profession Act 2004-see section 8.2.1(Schedule 2 clause 8.15(3)).
The Legal Practice (Admission) Rules 1999 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 17 December 2009 (see section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994).
2. Table of Amendments
This Version incorporates amendments made to the Legal Practice (Admission) Rules 1999 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.
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Legal Practice (Admission) (Amendment) Rules 2003, S.R. No. 20/2003
Date of Making:
19.2.03
Date of Commencement:
1.3.03: rule 3
Legal Practice (Admission) (Amendment) Rules 2005, S.R. No. 149/2005
Date of Making:
28.11.05
Date of Commencement:
12.12.05: rule 3
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3. Explanatory Details

1 Rule 1.04: The Rules of the Council of Legal Education 1993 (S.R. No. 201/1993) expire on 31 December 1999 by virtue of clause 41(4) of Schedule 2 to the Legal Practice Act 1996.
2 Rule 3.10(1): A corporate practitioner is defined in section 3 of the Legal Practice Act 1996 as a legal practitioner who engages in legal practice as an employee of a person or body other than a firm or another legal practitioner.
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Legal Practice (Admission) Rules 1999
S.R. No. 144/1999